This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Those are release papers,” our guide explained. “Many people are released from prison on a Friday. Often, housing and other services are already booked up or closed for the weekend.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The climate crisis is already exacerbating the housing crisis. Last year, wildfires burned and damaged about 17,700 structures in the US. It was one of the most destructive seasons on record,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Opening up restrictive communities to multiplex housing may be a key strategy to promote racial residential integration in the Bay Area, new research from UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute released…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Decades of political debate and conversation have been devoted to addressing the many flaws of our capitalist system, including its tendencies to promote material gain as a central value, exacerbate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a recent report, we found a strong link between incarceration and homelessness among formerly incarcerated people. But while we examined racial and age disparities among that population, we weren’t able to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How does “Build Back Better” mean for women who are being displaced into poverty and experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles? I have witnessed firsthand the systemic barriers that this population…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In October 2018, the Mayor of San Francisco, in collaboration with Tipping Point Community, launched the Rising Up campaign to halve homelessness among people ages 18 to 24. To reach…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tim Ybarra, 62, flips through an assembly book for a geodesic dome. It will ultimately become a kitchen, providing one meal a day for residents of Union Point on the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Households of color often experience worse homeownership outcomes because of structural barriers, such as systemic discrimination in employment and mortgage underwriting, that reduce their ability to purchase a home, increase the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This November marked the annual Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week—aptly timed to coincide with the season of giving, celebrations of harvest plenty, and, in much of the country, the arrival…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Caitlin Cain is a vice president at the Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) and director of Rural LISC, which provides a wide range of services, including financial support and technical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food banks often do more than basic food distribution by offering programs that help people gain a foothold out of poverty. Workforce training, financial literacy classes and access to benefits…